I clearly remember writing about Ashen Keilyn’s band Scout in 2004 or 2005, when our site was ugly and our readership non existent. At the time I also caught them live at now defunct Sin-e` (I used to live across the street from it, on Attorney Street, it was pretty handy). Since then they kind of disappeared, so I was surprised to get a press release about them after this long. I was also surprised by the sound of the single they are giving away for free ("Please Excuse Me", streaming here), included in their new EP "PI", which features a darker, edgier sound, and is some kind of intro to a full length planned to be released in early 2012. Ashen confirms in this song her vocal a(dora)bility and her talent as a songwriter who tends to operate within coordinates consisting in moodier indie atmospheres and more radio friendly openings. Ashen will be performing an acoustic show at Rockwood Music Hall on 12.13.
